Tianqi Lithium shares started trading at HK$74.50 ($9.49) each before bouncing back to its debut price of HK$82 - in a recovery important for the group and the Hong Kong Exchange

US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said she was worried that a future conflict could undermine access to natural resources in the way that the Russia-Ukraine war has hit oil and gas

The IEA and the US say the energy crisis stemming from curbs on Russia should be a warning for Indo-Pacific nations to focus on shifting away from fossil fuels and China's solar tech suppliers

The controversial trade shows how Russia could continue to sell commodities abroad without settling in US dollars despite sanctions imposed over its invasion of Ukraine

In an unusually candid speech, ambassador Shingo Yamagami said his country would think twice about investing in Queensland due to its new windfall tax

An administrator appointed by a court in the Democratic Republic of Congo to run the world's second-largest cobalt mine told CMOC to suspend marketing as well as production

China's Tianqi Lithium Corp plans to open its books on Thursday, June 30, for a listing in Hong Kong in mid-July that could raise $1-2 billion, sources have revealed

The agreement with the US carmaking giant comes on the heels of similar deals with Tesla and South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution

China's coal industry has called for producers to make emergency supply guarantee plans, state media reported, and said production should be ramped up to prevent outages

BHP put the Mt Arthur Coal mine up for sale, but said it failed to get a viable offer, so it may seek permission to continue mining from 2026, but has set aside $700 million for closure of the mine.

The company said in a statement it expects to resume production and transport of copper concentrate at the Las Bambas open-pit mine from Saturday

The dispute started last August when the DRC government announced it had formed a commission to reassess the reserves and resources at the mine